Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.81 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.91 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).
Fall 2026
Workplace Writing and Communication
GENBUS 360 teaches workplace writing and communication skills, including audience analysis, professional research, and presentation preparation.
Summary
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Students report an excessive volume of weekly assignments, including tedious papers and group projects, often requiring 9-12 hours of work per week. Many describe the tasks as pointless busy work with convoluted instructions that demand disproportionate effort.
Grade history
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Prerequisites
Course mapSatisfied Communications A; no concurrent enrollment withGEN BUS 110 or 120
- Satisfied Communications A; no concurrent enrollment withGEN BUS 110 or 120
“Used by” includes alternatives; linked courses may have other requirements. This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.
Prerequisite text tree
- Satisfied Communications A; no concurrent enrollment withGEN BUS 110 or 120
Professors
Fall 2026Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.82 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 97.5% A/AB (n=40 letter grades).
Elizabeth Malson-Huddle is described as having a heavy workload with tedious assignments and strict attention to detail. While some find her pickiness and enforcement of rules exhausting, others appreciate her easy grading and supportive nature despite the rigorous schedule.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.80 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 97.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.68 GPA, 91.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.72 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).
Liam Kane-Grade receives consistent criticism for unclear assignment instructions, slow grading, and excessive busywork that frustrates students. Reviewers describe the course as stressful and poorly organized, with minimal helpful instruction provided.
One reviewer found Kane-Grade to be an incredible professor who provided helpful feedback that prepared them well for the final project, despite the class being hard with many assignments.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 92.6% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 93.1% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.72 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=58 letter grades).
Amanda Kenny receives consistent criticism for assigning an overwhelming volume of work, described as excessive busywork and convoluted instructions. Reviewers report that her course layout is confusing, with unclear expectations and subjective grading. While some acknowledge her good intentions, many find her unhelpful and uncaring during one-on-one interactions.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.35 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.30 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.70 GPA, 95.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.43 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 94.9% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.54 GPA, 87.8% A/AB (n=41 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.73 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=53 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.91 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.70 GPA, 93.2% A/AB (n=59 letter grades).
Dominique Bourg Hacker faces severe criticism for excessive workload, unclear expectations, and harsh grading that reviewers feel ignores student effort. Critics describe the course as busy work with poor feedback and condescending behavior.
Some reviewers appreciate her passion and focus on direct, concise business writing, noting that office hours help develop writing style. These students found the peer-heavy, discussion-based format enjoyable despite the difficulty.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.49 GPA, 75.5% A/AB (n=53 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.62 GPA, 75.0% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.75 GPA, 91.2% A/AB (n=57 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 98.2% A/AB (n=55 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.82 GPA, 96.6% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.78 GPA, 98.3% A/AB (n=58 letter grades).
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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.44 GPA, 81.5% A/AB (n=54 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.40 GPA, 81.0% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.47 GPA, 87.0% A/AB (n=54 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.87 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=40 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=41 letter grades).
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.64 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.80 GPA, 96.7% A/AB (n=61 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.73 GPA, 93.0% A/AB (n=57 letter grades).
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
AMANDA KENNY is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ANASTASIA STELSE is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DAVID WARD is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
DELPHINE FONGANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
ELIZABETH MALSON-HUDDLE is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
EMILY KOHLHASE is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
FRANCES LASKEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KASSIA SHAW is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
LIAM KANE-GRADE is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MICHAEL HAEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
RICHARD NESS is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SCOTT LASLEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
WILL KURLINKUS is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 003 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 20 | 1 |
| LEC 005 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 007 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 20 | 3 |
| LEC 017 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 19 | 2 |
| LEC 018 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 019 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 026 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 023 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 028 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 1 |
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 9 |
| LEC 014 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 4 |
| LEC 004 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 2 |
| LEC 022 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 20 | 8 |
| LEC 100 | Online Only | 20 / 20 | 4 |
| LEC 015 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 10 |
| LEC 016 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 5 |
| LEC 021 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 025 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 6 |
| LEC 027 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 8 |
| LEC 029 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 8 |
| LEC 030 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 20 | 2 |
| LEC 024 | Classroom Instruction | 21 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 002 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 10 |
| LEC 009 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 0 |
| LEC 011 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 10 |
| LEC 012 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 20 | 9 |
| LEC 032 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 9 |
| LEC 034 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 20 | 5 |
| LEC 031 | Classroom Instruction | 19 / 20 | 4 |
| LEC 035 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 20 | 7 |
| LEC 036 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 20 | 9 |
| LEC 101 | Online Only | 20 / 20 | 2 |
Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections. Enrollment reflects scan time.
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Student experience
the class
Reviewers describe GENBUS 360 as an overwhelming, time-intensive required course with excessive busy work and unclear instructions. While some find the content simple, the heavy workload and subjective grading create significant stress and resentment among students.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.68 GPA, 90.5% A/AB (n=608 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.75 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=626 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.72 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=622 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Students report an excessive volume of weekly assignments, including tedious papers and group projects, often requiring 9-12 hours of work per week. Many describe the tasks as pointless busy work with convoluted instructions that demand disproportionate effort.
Experiences vary significantly by instructor. Some students value the peer interaction and writing feedback from professors like Dominique Hacker and Liam Kane-Grade, while others find the same instructors condescending, unhelpful, or harsh. Some also critique the course content as overly theoretical.
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Grades
Fall 2026 · Projected
Before grades are released– average GPA
Approximate 80% prediction interval
About this estimate
The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
4 earlier forecasts · 0.05 GPA average error.
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Through Fall 2026
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About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
Sources & history
UW–Madison
Catalog & offerings
Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.
Catalog observation history
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Selected offering source records
Workplace Writing and Communication
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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